Valoración del estado nutricional en pacientes ingresados por Covid-19 en el Omni Hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil en el periodo de mayo-diciembre del 2020.

Abstract

Clinical malnutrition is very common in hospitals, but it has a series of consequences that integrate multiple risk factors for the patient. Taking into account the present pandemic, the Intensive Care Units are always full, based on that, consider it important to carry out this research in order to determine the nutritional status of patients admitted for Covid-19 and relate anthropometric and biochemical data with the tool screening NRS-2002. The study is quantitative, retrospective and prospective, cross-sectional, correlational, where variables such as weight, height, BMI, age, biochemical data such as albumin, hematocrit, hemoglobin and NRS-2002 screening were used. The population of (n = 74) from the ICU wards that met the inclusion criteria was taken, for this analysis we considered the NRS-2002 questionnaire, biochemical data and anthropometry. In the results we observe that according to the relationship between BMI and albumin, all patients are at a level below the normal range, this being 3.7 - 5.7 g / dL according to the laboratory. While in relation to the NRS-2002 and albumin, 92% of the population at risk, 35% presented mild malnutrition. Likewise, 8% of the population without risk, 5% presented mild malnutrition. Regarding this, it should be taken into account that weight and height is not a reliable indicator to determine if a patient is at risk of malnutrition or not, more factors should be evaluated, such as decreased dietary intake, hospital stay, personal pathological history, feeding habits.